Author's copy - Lot 204

Author's copy LABARÈRE (Jacques) Essai de Bibliographie Pyrénéiste followed by Indexes of personal and place names cited in Henri BERALDI's Cent ans aux Pyrénées. Pau, les Amis du Livre Pyrénéen, 1986. 2 volumes in-8. Edition of 1000 copies, one of 25 hors commerce for the author to send to his friends (out of 50 head copies on BFK de Rives), this one numbered J.L. 1 reserved for the author. Copy containing original trial drawings for the Professor's bookplate, as well as several states of the engraving from the bookplate print to the final version. ½-cornered morocco signed BUISSON, gilt title and tomaisons on spine, gilt heads. The bible of Pyrenean bibliophily! Based on a bibliographical table of BERALDI's "Cent Ans", the author proposes to bring together the majority of works published on the theme of Pyreneanism.